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Forever Alone: A Black Hole Destined to Stay too Big
This ancient black hole is far too massive for its galaxy. Thirteen billion years later, it might still be haunting us.
Triple Double: Do merging white dwarfs produce FRB-emitting remnants?
Half of all stars are in binaries. Stars that end their lives as the most massive white dwarfs often also have another distant star orbiting an inner binary. Could these tertiary stars play a role in merging the inner binaries into remnant objects that emit fast radio bursts?
Did we detect the death of a primordial black hole?
In February 2023, the KM3NeT underwater observatory observed the highest-energy neutrino ever detected. Did it come from a dying primordial black hole?
A Spider’s Strange Catch: The Carbon Atmosphere of a Black Widow Companion
Just when you think exoplanet demographics can’t get any weirder, this thing shows up. A hot Jupiter with a thing for carbon that may have been a star but now lives with a dead one. Confused? Read today’s bite.
Smooth like cosmic butter: How AGN destroy molecular gas clumps in galactic nuclei
Today’s bite zooms in on nearby galaxies to understand how they impact future stellar nurseries and (maybe) suppress star formation.
Variable polarized optical emission from a tidal disruption event
Light is composed of an electromagnetic wave, encoding information about its specific orientation. Learn how observing polarized optical light from one of the most extreme types of events in the universe enables us to study the origin of its light!
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Book Review: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Astronomy: A Modern History by Dr. Jörg Matthias Determann
In today’s bite, we took a look at a @JMDetermann’s modern history of DEI efforts in astronomy!
Asking for Help: How Scientists Engage the Public in Research
Every wondered if you can contribute to scientific research? Today’s article explores one way: citizen science!
Chapter 7 Summary Part 1: Energy Solutions by Rector and Yu, Climate Change for Astronomers
This post summarizes the first half of Chapter 7 of the book ‘Climate Change for Astronomers’, involving a discussion of energy sources available to us in the present day, in order to understand the way forward for solutions to climate change.
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#BlackInAstro Experiences: Dr. Carl E. Fields
Another interview for #BlackInAstroWeek! We interview Dr. Carl E. Fields, a rising star studying core-collapse supernovae using computer simulations and one of the #BlackInAstro co-organizers!
#BlackInAstro Experiences: Caprice Phillips
Another interview for #BlackInAstroWeek! We interview Caprice Phillips, a rising star studying exoplanets and one of the #BlackInAstro organizers!
#BlackInAstro Experiences: Dakotah Tyler
For #AstroWorld this #BlackInAstroWeek we interview Dakotah Tyler, Astrophysics PhD student at UCLA, whose unique journey to studying exoplanet atmospheres and demographics started on the football field!